Tri-Cities Tech Business Update

This monthly e-mailed update contains news, opportunities, upcoming events, and other information about Mid-Columbia tech businesses and the organizations that support them. Visit the EDO Home page to subscribe to this Newsletter. Browse the archives for back issues.

Research District welcomes new tenants, honors SIGN
The Tri-Cities Research District, located in Richland, Wash., recently welcomed two businesses that have located offices within the Research District boundaries, and also honored the Surgical Implant Generation Network for its contributions toward making the Research District successful. more...

Meier Architecture – Engineering honored
Meier Architecture - Engineering, based in Kennewick, Wash., was named one of "Washington's Best 100 Companies to Work For." The company ranked 22nd in the small business category on the list compiled by Seattle Business Magazine. more...

AMIC to test isotope production
Advanced Medical Isotope Corporation, of Kennewick, Wash., and the University of Missouri are collaborating on preparations to test and develop prototype compact devices to produce the isotope molybdenum-99 more quickly and at lower cost. more...

Department of Defense funding under Recovery Act
The Department of Defense is accepting proposals for projects that will be funded under the agency's "Near Term Energy-Efficient Technologies Recovery Plan." The program is funded through the money the agency received from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. more...

Web portal provides grant writing assistance
The Department of Energy's Small Business Innovation Research Program has launched a Technical Assistance Program commercialization web portal to provide applicants and other energy entrepreneurs with the necessary tools, training, and support to write a successful SBIR proposal. more...

Online resources
1) The article "Clean tech a bright spot in economy" was published in the Tri-City Herald on May 17. more...

BioSpace career fair
JULY 16. The Washington Biotechnology and Biomedical Association is holding the BioSpace Career Fair in conjunction with its annual summer social at the Naval Reserve Center in Lake Union Park in Seattle, Wash. more...

2009 Micro Nano Breakthrough Conference
SEPTEMBER 21-23. REGISTER BY SEPTEMBER 11. The 2009 Micro Nano Breakthrough Conference will be held September 21-23 at the DoubleTree Hotel and Executive Meeting Center in Portland, Ore. more...

SmartMap Expo
OCTOBER 1. The Tri-Cities Development Council will hold its annual SmartMap Expo, on October 1 at the Trade, Recreation, and Agricultural Center in Pasco, Wash. more...

Harvesting Clean Energy 2010
FEBRUARY 7-10, 2010. The 10th annual Harvesting Clean Energy Conference will be held at the Three Rivers Convention Center in Kennewick, Wash., in February. more...

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Tri-Cities Tech Business Update is published by the Economic Development Office at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. Each month, we send you an e-mail message, giving you the link of news, tips, awards, upcoming events, and other information about local technology-based businesses and organizations that support them. With business and community partners, our goal is to build and diversify the Tri-Cities economy—adding skilled jobs in primary-sector industries that bring in outside dollars. Currently, more than 1,100 tech-related businesses, investors, and economic development stakeholders subscribe to the newsletter, mostly in the Mid-Columbia area and the rest of the Pacific Northwest. This newsletter (RL-P00-009) supports PNSO's vision for the future of the Hanford Site and surrounding area through the creation of research opportunities, new industries, and new business clusters.